GUNTUR: The election of Zilla Parishad chairperson and vice-chairperson along with two co-opted members was a smooth affair with everything happening as per the rulebook in the shortest possible time on Monday.

Kollipara ZPTC member Kuchipudi Vijaya got elected unanimously.

The election of vice-chairperson Nallapothu Venkata Natarajeswara Rao and two co-opted members Sheik Rehman and Sheik Hussain was also unanimous with the TDP not fielding any candidate. The TDP had won only three of the 57 ZPTCs in the district.

At a meeting at the District Congress Committee office Nadendla ZPTC member Natarajeswara Rao was named Congress nominee for vice-chairpersonship prior to election process at the ZP Hall.

Communist Party of India nominated one of the co-opted members Sheik Hussain from Gurazala, while Sheik Rehman who hails from Pedakurapadu in the district was nominated by the Congress.

Only after July 22

The District Collector announced the names of the unanimous winners at 3.10 p.m. and dissolved the special meeting of the ZP.

All the newly elected ZPTC members took oath at 1 p.m., but the newly elected chairperson and vice-chairperson will take oath on or after July 23 as the term of the existing body comes to an end only on July 22. The date for the first meeting of the newly elected body of Zilla Parishad has not yet been finalised.

The Congress MLAs accompanied Ms. Vijaya on a victory rally in an open-top jeep from the Zilla Parishad office complex to party office. Thousands of Congress workers came from all mandals to cheer their leaders.

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